Like all of life's experiences, some of his anecdotal encounters might come off as amusing or, conversely, fraught with emotional turmoil. Texts by Valentina Tanni, Domenico Quaranta and SmetnjakĪs a teaching artist for more than 25 years and a muralist for 18 years of them, I consider myself to be a good source of "archived" experiences that I can share with others, who might find them beneficial. The Rise of Amateur Culture, Link Editions + Aksioma, 2014. Featured artists include Mauro Ceolin, Paolo Cirio, Electroboutique, Paul Destieu, Matthias Fritsch, Colin Guillemet, David Horvitz, Maskull Lasserre, Aled Lewis, Dennis Logan (Spatula007), Valeria Mancinelli and Roberto Fassone, Mark McEvoy, Casey Pugh et al., Steve Roggenbuck, Helmut Smits, Pawel Sysiak and Tymek Borowski, TheGamePro, Phil Thompson, and Wendy Vainity. This exhibition catalogue features a curatorial text by Valentina Tanni, together with an interview with artist Matthias Fritsch, the man beyond the Teknoviking meme, an essay by artist group Smetnjak on practicing critical theory in the form of internet memes, and visual documentation of Tanni’s ongoing curatorial project The Great Wall of Memes.
The show includes the works of 15 authors (professionals and amateurs) and a series of special projects and collateral events taking place both offline and online. Curated by Valentina Tanni, Eternal September, The Rise of Amateur Culture is a group exhibition that explores the relationship between professional art making and the rising of amateur cultural movements through the web, an historical event that is triggering a big and fascinating shift in every field of culture, especially visual culture.
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